[plug] Dual boot [unclassified]

[Ric]

I did the same when I changed from RedHat/lilo to Mandrake/grub, and
since then all I ever do is make sure to install the loader that comes
with any distro to the root partition of the new distro (not mbr) then
simply re-configure grub. 



-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au
[mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Carl Gherardi
Sent: Wednesday, 1 December 2004 4:58 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Dual boot [unclassified]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:32:56 +0800, Clark Julian
<julian.clark at cdpp.gov.au> wrote:
> I think that if you install grub, it should take over from Lilo.
> Not certain though, I've always booted with grub.
> 
> You could modify your lilo config to boot your Suse install.
> I can't see why you would have to change your boot loader. (not that
I'm
> that familiar with lilo)
> 

Its tough to modify your lilo config if you've just nuked the
installation ;)

The boot loader resides in the first 512b of the boot disk for both
grub and lilo. Replacing the boot loader should just work(tm) . I have
done this when moving from an old Redhat installation to a newer
version successfully. Anyone had this fail?

Carl G
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